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No. 350,030. Patented Sept. 28, 1886.

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ilECl'I-ICALION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,030, dated September 28, 1886.

Application filed June it, 1886.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Monnis AIFELBAUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Umbrellas and Similar Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to umbrellas, sunshades, and parasols; and it has for its object to provide novel means for protecting the cover from being frayed and worn by contact with the ribs and runner.

To such end the invention consists in the novel reenforeing strips and their mode of attachment hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents an expanded umbrella, partly in section, in which my invention is shown. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan View of onehalf of the umbrella as it appears when expanded.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates the handle of the umbrella, and B is the tubular slide or runner which slides thereon, and to which the outer ends of the stretchcrs C are pivoted.

The letter I) designates the ribs, to which the inner ends of the stretchers O are pivoted at E in the usual man ner.

F designates the cover of the umbrella, which is mounted over the ribs and is secured in the usual manner.

\Vhen an umbrella or similar article is lowered and folded up, the cover is gathered around the stick or handle, and those portions which are near the ends of the ribs are brought close to or in contact with the runner and the spring-catch which works through it, and are usually pressed against those part by the fastening-tape that is commonly used to keep the umbrella closed. This action causes also the cover to be pressed against the ribs. It results from all this that the cover, especially the portions thereof which are at and contiguous to the ends of the ribs and opposite the runner, is liable to become ehafed and frayed and worn out from pressure against and from contact with the ribs and runner, and such a result is hastened by the fact that the ribs and runner are of hard material, usually metal, while the Serial No. 206,107. (No model.)

coveris ofsome soft material, usually of woven fabric. In order to preserve the cover at those parts, I provide the cover with re-enforeing pieces G, which may be of a general triangular form, extending from the tips H of the ribs down to the point I, or far enough to overlap the runner when the umbrella is closed. The re-enforcing strip G is fastened to the inside of the cover under the rib along the line or seam J, which is shown in Fig. 2, where one of the ribs is partly broken away for that purpose. This fastening of the strip to the cover may be done by sewing. The side edges, K K, of the strip are not fastened to the cover; but the outer edge thereof, L, which is here cut to an obtuse angle to conform to the shape of the edge of the cover, is fastened, preferably by sewing, to the outer edge of the cover. as is indicated by the drawings, and also to the ends of the ribs.

If thought desirable, the re-enforeing strip may be made double so as to inclose the ribs.

In Fig. 1 two of the re-enforcing strips are shown in section, between the cover and the ribs, at the extreme right and left hand parts of the figure.

My'invention serves to protect the cover from being frayed and worn by contact with the ribs and runner, and when any of the reenforcing strips become frayed or worn they can be readily renewed.

It will be understood that the rc-enforeing strip is applied to the cover at each rib of the umbrella or other article and may extend through the entire length of the rib.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the cover of an umbrella or similar article, of the re-enforcing piece or strip G, arranged between the cover and ribs near the ends of the latter, and having its outer edge secured to the cover with its two side edges free and unattached,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MORRIS A'PFELBAUM. [L s] Vituesses:

E. F. KAs'rENnUnEn, A. FABER DU FAUR, Jr. 

